Metalcore je fuzioni muzički pravac koji elemente extreme metal meša sa elementima hardcore panka. Izraz metalcore je nastao spajanjem izraza hardcore i metal (hevi metal). Termin metalcore je dobio svoje sadašnje značenje sredinom 90-tih godina, opisicajući bendove Earth Crisis, Deadguy i Integrity [1] Najstarija grupe ove vrste, Integrity, je počela sa radim 1988. godine.[2] Metalcore se razlikuje od ostalih punk metal fuzija po tome što u muzici najviše ističe Breakdowne: spore, intenzivne odlomke pogodne za gurke.[3]
- ↑ „Shai Hulud, interview with Punknews.org - 05/28/08”. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-10-16. Pristupljeno 21. 09. 2008. »"As far as coining the term “metalcore” or coining a sound, I don’t think we did. There were bands before Shai Hulud started that my friends and I were referring to as “metalcore”. Bands like Burn, Deadguy, Earth Crisis, even Integrity. These bands that were heavier than the average hardcore bands. These bands that were more progressive than the average hardcore band. My friends and I would always refer to them as “metalcore” because it wasn’t purely hardcore and it wasn’t purely metal. It was like a heavier hardcore band with hardcore ethics and attitude but clearly a metal influence. So we would joke around and say “Hey, it’s metalcore. Cool!” But it was definitely a tongue-in-cheek term."«
- ↑ „Blood Runs Deep: 23 Bands Who Shaped the Scene”. Alternative Press. 7. 07. 2008.. str. 110, 118.
- ↑ "The best part of every metalcore song is the breakdown, the part where the drums drop out and the guitars slow their frantic gallop to a devastating, precise crunch-riff and everyone in the moshpit goes extra nuts." - Tom Breihan. "Status Ain't Hood". "Live: Trivium, the Jackson 5 of Underground Metal". The Village Voice Daily Voice. October 11, 2006. [1] Arhivirano 2008-09-21 na Wayback Machine-u Access date: July 21, 2008.